Melissa McCarthy Designing Plus-Size Clothing

"When I go shopping, most of the time I'm disappointed."

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Melissa McCarthy is an Emmy winner, an Oscar nominee, and has even graced the cover of Elle magazine. Any other actress with such lofty credentials would have designers clawing each other's eyes out for a chance to dress her come awards season, but as someone whose body does not conform to Hollywood and fashion industry standards, McCarthy is often left to fend for herself. "Two Oscars ago, I couldn't find anybody to do a dress for me," McCarthy told Redbook in an interview appearing in their July Issue. "I asked five or six designers — very high-level ones who make lots of dresses for people — and they all said no."

But now, McCarthy is taking matters into her own hands with Pearl — a line of plus-size clothing she is creating with designer Daniella Pearl, with whom she collaborated on her 2011 Emmys gown. "I went to school for clothes and textiles," she told Us Magazine in 2011, "so I always thought I was going to do women's clothing anyway. [Then I went] from FIT to doing stand-up, so I feel like I am going back to it."